Weight during hot weather
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Hollisamara
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I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow, but I'm just wondering... It's been really hot here in the UK, we reached 31 degrees today, I have done nothing but sweat ALL day! I've been drinking a lot more too. Question is, am I more likely to retain water during this heatwave because I might be slightly dehydrated? Or will it be the opposite as I am sweating so much?
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I would really like to know the answer to this too. I did notice my weight rose a little in the hot weather, but it could have been for any number of reasons.0
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If you're sweating a lot, but also staying hydrated, I'd assume they'd be balancing each other out.
I personally have never noticed a difference in my weight when it's hot out.0 -
It might be a matter of chemistry. I have noticed changes. Heat and humidity always give me temporary and small gains. Nothing to get upset over, but it still doesn't make me very happy.
I think drinking a little more water than normal is key to minimizing this. I've had better luck with it recently and I just moved 10 miles away from the Mississippi River in an area notorious for heat.0 -
I swell up like a balloon in the heat. I'm carrying about five extra pounds of water right now0
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It has been really hot here, and i have only taken off less then a pound in the last 2 weeks, while at a greater calorie deficit. Read somewhere (do not know if it is true) that the body holds on to more water during heat in anticipating of needing more for future sweating.0
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This definitely varies person to person, but I was in a very hot climate (105 degrees F) for 4 days, and my weight was 180 lbs the whole time.
I came back to 70-75 degree F weather, which is what I'm used to, and when I woke up the next morning I was 174 lbs. So, you could be easily retaining 5-10 lbs of water weight depending on how your body individually reacts.
I also have zero appetite when it's hot out, but that's a whole different story.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
31 Celsius. That's hot for the UK!0 -
I think it all depends on your body. When the weather turns hot, I tend to retain water weight - about 8 lbs. When the weather cools down - off they come. I call it the fall run-off. It's tough to see that big of gain on the scale - but it is what it is.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
It's fine if you have air con and trains that don't stop cos it's too hot and they're scared the tracks will buckle
England - where the temperate weather scares national businesses and people are happy because they can complain about the weather again
Gotta love it0 -
I wouldn't worry about it one way or another. A pound up or down means nothing. Happens every day to me as I take on water. In the morning, it is gone.0
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the bigger question is, why does it matter? why do so many people do all of this hand wringing over water weight which is always going to be a variable that fluctuates due to any number of factors that are out of one's control?0
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I know it's Celsius. I still laughed.DawnieB1977 wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
31 Celsius. That's hot for the UK!
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DawnieB1977 wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
31 Celsius. That's hot for the UK!
Yep. My Scottish ancestry has not prepared me for this.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
I know it's Celsius. I still laughed.DawnieB1977 wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
31 Celsius. That's hot for the UK!
yeah, that's downright pleasant...0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
ha, agree, 110 here some days0 -
"Phew, Whatta Scorcher!" on the front page of The Sun?DeguelloTex wrote: »
It's fine if you have air con and trains that don't stop cos it's too hot and they're scared the tracks will buckle
England - where the temperate weather scares national businesses and people are happy because they can complain about the weather again
Gotta love it
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You're doing great. Don't worry about the water weight fluctuations. As long as you know you've been spot on with your nutrition program--including drinking all of the water you should be drinking--and your training, then you've done all you can to counterbalance the heat and any potential water-related weight increase. Personally, I've never noticed weight gain during hot weather.0
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seeing as most of us live and work indoors- in cooled and heated homes and businesses, I don't think the outside temps would affect overall weight
now, if you work outdoors, I could see it affecting it possibly.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
The OP might be in the north of the UK where it's a bit cooler.DeguelloTex wrote: »
Here in London it was 37 degrees Celsius (around 99 f) !
Not many places in the UK have Air conditioning either.0
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